Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

I just started this game, so far i like it. I killed one of the captain tower guys, but that was easy during one of the first missions. I tried to do another one and i got raped. Kind of sucks that you have to kill these guys before you can climb the tower and use the eagle vision to see more of the map. One of the first things i liked to do in AC1+AC2 is go on every perch to uncover more of the map. Maybe its possible to sneak up to the top and use eagle vision, then come back later to kill the captains?

I miss half the stuff the pop up thing on the left says. Like it said something about an eye poping up, and use eagle vision to find something about subject 16. Well i was in the middle of a mission, riding a horse with some dude. I couldnt stop and look for it.

But like i said, so far its better pretty cool.
The opening battle scene where you man the cannons was pretty epic.
 
[quote name='The 7th Number']I just started this game, so far i like it. I killed one of the captain tower guys, but that was easy during one of the first missions. I tried to do another one and i got raped. Kind of sucks that you have to kill these guys before you can climb the tower and use the eagle vision to see more of the map. One of the first things i liked to do in AC1+AC2 is go on every perch to uncover more of the map. Maybe its possible to sneak up to the top and use eagle vision, then come back later to kill the captains?

I miss half the stuff the pop up thing on the left says. Like it said something about an eye poping up, and use eagle vision to find something about subject 16. Well i was in the middle of a mission, riding a horse with some dude. I couldnt stop and look for it.

But like i said, so far its better pretty cool.
The opening battle scene where you man the cannons was pretty epic.
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You can climb the towers and synch your vision without killing the borgia guy. However you cannot purchase any of the shops in that area until the you kill that guy and burn the tower. As for the red eyes for the subject 16 stuff you can always go back for it later. In the start menu go to the database and look at the locations. It'll tell you which places you have already found have a eaglevision thing to find.

Edit: Finished the SP the other day since the MP servers were down. Took me 26.5 hours to do it, pretty much did everything but the Borgia flags and the fights at the barracks. Need to get cracking on more MP.
 
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[quote name='The 7th Number']I miss half the stuff the pop up thing on the left says. Like it said something about an eye poping up, and use eagle vision to find something about subject 16. Well i was in the middle of a mission, riding a horse with some dude. I couldnt stop and look for it.[/QUOTE]

That actually happens quite frequently and sometimes at critical points in missions that usually leads to at least 2 mission desyncs. First fail is from not seeing the instructions for something you have to do... Second fail is from repeating it and not doing anything just so you can read the text... Third time is when you finally get it. One area they definitely need to work on.
 
Wow i just spent like 15+ minutes trying to be stealthy, and kill this captain in one of the tower things. Anyway i finally got to him, he is just standing there 5 feet away around a corner. So i turn the corner, lock onto him and throw a knife and the knife is blocked by a wall, he runs away and escapes. :bomb:

It seems like i have problems using my weapons. I try to hidden blade them and i punch instead sometimes. Whenever i press right on my d-pad to take out my long sword, i have to press it like 3 or 4 times before he does, and its not my dpad.

Dont get me wrong, i love the series and am having fun, but spending 15+ minutes only to have to do it again is frustrating.
 
I'm having problems as well. It seems the control in this one is more wonky than AC2. I even replayed AC2 this past week and then started on AC:B. The controls are definitely more screwy. I also hate timed missions and especially the timed ones to get 100% sync. I hope Ubisoft loses this feature on the next iteration. That said, I love the AC games but I do run into a few moments that generate undo frustration.
 
Is it just me or did they remove the double hidden blade kill on guys who stand in pairs?

Man im having a hard time getting this one captain. He is located on the left top of the map. He is like inside some room, guarded by guys, and there is a roof. I really dont know how i can get to him before he runs away through a door i cant go into.
 
[quote name='The 7th Number']Is it just me or did they remove the double hidden blade kill on guys who stand in pairs?[/QUOTE]
It's still there, but I think there's a trick to it this time. Don't remember what exactly.
 
[quote name='The 7th Number']Is it just me or did they remove the double hidden blade kill on guys who stand in pairs?

Man im having a hard time getting this one captain. He is located on the left top of the map. He is like inside some room, guarded by guys, and there is a roof. I really dont know how i can get to him before he runs away through a door i cant go into.[/QUOTE]

I wanna say I dropped down to their level tossed a smoke bomb and killed him.

Once i got the crossbow I used it a TON, 1shot kill (pretty much) with range. I actually felt like it was cheating a little bit. Rarely used the gun or throwing knives because of it.
 
[quote name='The 7th Number']Is it just me or did they remove the double hidden blade kill on guys who stand in pairs?

Man im having a hard time getting this one captain. He is located on the left top of the map. He is like inside some room, guarded by guys, and there is a roof. I really dont know how i can get to him before he runs away through a door i cant go into.[/QUOTE]

You have to upgrade to the double hidden blade before you can do this again. It's through Leonardo's bench upgrades... maybe seq 3ish? If you get on the roof, look for a haystack in the middle opening area and hide there. Maybe you can get better access that way.
 
WTF, I finished getting all my assassins to join my team. I send these 3 guys to do some assassins contract in london, they have a 2-3% chance of completing it. Basically i wanted them to die, so i can get cooler looking people, and maybe even another chick. They fucking complete it and earn like 800XP. Now they are all level 7 after 1 mission. Where as the ones i wanted to keep i sent on little missions that they had a 100% chance of completing, which they all did. But they are only level 2. Now im not sure if i want to send them to die or not, lol. But wow WTF is that.

Do these guys get new threads if they get higher in rank? The cover makes it look like you can have badass looking friends, but these guys dont look anything like that.
 
[quote name='The 7th Number']Do these guys get new threads if they get higher in rank? The cover makes it look like you can have badass looking friends, but these guys dont look anything like that.[/QUOTE]

Nope. You buy their threads at a shop or they get Pro Assassin White after level 9. They are always hanging out at your HQ but you can never interact with them.
 
What is up with the part outside the Animus that says: "Press Button" and then it says "Press Button" again, but nothing happens.
 
What object are you next to that gives you the prompt? There is a post on joystiq about a PS3 (maybe 360 too) bug that traps people in Monteriggioni. Hopefully that's not what you are facing.
 
[quote name='kylerg']What is up with the part outside the Animus that says: "Press Button" and then it says "Press Button" again, but nothing happens.[/QUOTE]

Are you standing next to the shelf/sleeping bag? If so that is a shelf for all the artifacts you find in the current world left behind from the previous world. Like Mario's sword, a cape, etc.
 
Need some help on the last Templar Lair and it's not in the IGN guide or on the FAQ's filled out on Gamefaqs.

This is the one that takes place in a mine. At first you have to platform around shooting levers to drop stuff so you can climb to other areas. About halfway through you have to fight some soldiers and some citizens that have been tempted by the money promised to them.

Once you beat them you have to climb to an area and shoot a lever, which drops a block to get to the next area, but the lever that is easily reachable on that side doesn't do anything when you shoot it. I can't find where I'm supposed to climb to advance.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
 
[quote name='natiev']Are you standing next to the shelf/sleeping bag? If so that is a shelf for all the artifacts you find in the current world left behind from the previous world. Like Mario's sword, a cape, etc.[/QUOTE]

Can you find these things at any point when you can leave the animus and search outside? Just curious, because i dont want to miss the achievement and beat the game before i get these. But i also dont want to get stuck with the bug either. Wish there was a way to save your game to another slot, so if you get stuck you can load an old save.
 
[quote name='The 7th Number']Can you find these things at any point when you can leave the animus and search outside? Just curious, because i dont want to miss the achievement and beat the game before i get these. But i also dont want to get stuck with the bug either. Wish there was a way to save your game to another slot, so if you get stuck you can load an old save.[/QUOTE]

I think they're all in the town from the start, though I didn't find the last one till sequence 6. Eagle vision doesn't help to find them, you're better off just looking for the "gold glowing" items. You only need to find 1 for the achievement, and as far as I could tell getting all 5 of them did nothing.
 
[quote name='natiev']I think they're all in the town from the start, though I didn't find the last one till sequence 6. Eagle vision doesn't help to find them, you're better off just looking for the "gold glowing" items. You only need to find 1 for the achievement, and as far as I could tell getting all 5 of them did nothing.[/QUOTE]

Yeah last night i tried to find anything and i couldnt. I dont think you can go on top of the border around the city, since there is a fence around it. And you cant really search in the house. So i was looking around the houses and didnt find anything. So there is 5 things? hmmmm. Thats pretty stupid you cant get out of the animus and search after you finish the game. Unless it has something to do with the story.....

Flying Machine 2.0 was the longest most frustrating mission in the game so far for me. Im glad i was able to turn my xbox off and start back up at a checkpoint where i made it to the top of the building. I did not want to start from the begining again.
 
I found 3 of the 5 artifacts, so i just looked up the other two. Turns out they were in places i looked, but i didnt see them the first time. Glad i did.

Whats with the Uplay thing? It looks like all of the rewards cost more than what they reward you with by getting achievements. That would be stupid.
 
[quote name='The 7th Number']I found 3 of the 5 artifacts, so i just looked up the other two. Turns out they were in places i looked, but i didnt see them the first time. Glad i did.

Whats with the Uplay thing? It looks like all of the rewards cost more than what they reward you with by getting achievements. That would be stupid.[/QUOTE]

Not sure about the Uplay stuff, I only unlocked the MP character. I still had points leftover from splinter cell conviction.
 
[quote name='The 7th Number']Whats with the Uplay thing? It looks like all of the rewards cost more than what they reward you with by getting achievements. That would be stupid.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I'm not a fan of this either. For the previous UPlay games (or at least the ones I've looked at), there was an equal number of points available to rewards. Now there's an extra 30 or 40 points of rewards right? I had some unused from Splinter Cell as well, which got me the stuff I wanted for Brotherhood. I'm going to skip the street urchin Ezio skin. Also, they introduced points to the facebook game Project Legacy. I'll skip all those rewards and take as many points as I can get from it.
 
[quote name='Lord_Kefka']Yeah, I'm not a fan of this either. For the previous UPlay games (or at least the ones I've looked at), there was an equal number of points available to rewards. Now there's an extra 30 or 40 points of rewards right? I had some unused from Splinter Cell as well, which got me the stuff I wanted for Brotherhood. I'm going to skip the street urchin Ezio skin. Also, they introduced points to the facebook game Project Legacy. I'll skip all those rewards and take as many points as I can get from it.[/QUOTE]

You can also farm some good UPlay rewards from Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands. I picked it up at BBV during their BOGO for $5, locked in the TIV at Amazon for $11, and am working on completing the game. You can get a total of 100 UPlay points, grab some easy cheevos, and get paid $6 to boot. The game is also pretty decent.

That being said, the only must-have for the ACB UPlay awards seems to be the Hellequin. I'll probably just stockpile the rest of my points for whatever ACIII has to offer.
 
Man this game can really piss me off. Im trying to do one of these wolf tunnels, and i am not supposed to lose 1 block of health. So im climbing shit and i make a jump and i press B so i grab the wall. Well this game decides to fuck me over and make me let go of what i was holding instead. So i fall and i lose almost all my health. Now im trying to kill myself so i get the last check point and i cant even do that. Pisses me off when the game fucks me over.

Well i beat it and didnt get the 100% sync. oh well.

I beat the story..... i love this game but i hate the endings because i always feel stupid, and dont really know what the hell is going on. Plus i hate all these damn cliffhangers.
 
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[quote name='The 7th Number']Man this game can really piss me off. Im trying to do one of these wolf tunnels, and i am not supposed to lose 1 block of health. So im climbing shit and i make a jump and i press B so i grab the wall. Well this game decides to fuck me over and make me let go of what i was holding instead. So i fall and i lose almost all my health. Now im trying to kill myself so i get the last check point and i cant even do that. Pisses me off when the game fucks me over.

Well i beat it and didnt get the 100% sync. oh well.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, to get 100% you'd have to restart the mission entirely. It sucks.
 
Finally got around to playing more wanted last night, dumb job getting in the way. Halfway to 27 and I can't wait to get poison at 29. I was killed by a guy last night with poison, he got 1700 points for the kill! I wish the death screen would break down why your killer got so many points. Played a little advanced wanted but gave up on that after a few rounds, it was nothing but running and climbing. The people in those rounds just gave up on stealth.

I would've liked to see advanced games make high profile kills, gun kills, templar vision kills and the like only net you sub100 points. To encourage you to stalk your target and really try. I still refuse to use the gun and have also decided not to use templar vision. It's just plain cheating in my eyes. Been messing around with mute and firecrackers with mixed results.

Oh and the range on the gun is absurd. Nothing makes me rage more in this game than long distance deaths (for ~200pts) from somebody with the gun.
 
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Wow i had a glitch while playing the truth level. I was running so fast that i got to an area where some stairs appear before it could appear, then it finally showed up and i was trapped inside the stairs and couldnt get out. I had to exit the level and start over.
 
[quote name='The 7th Number']Wow i had a glitch while playing the truth level. I was running so fast that i got to an area where some stairs appear before it could appear, then it finally showed up and i was trapped inside the stairs and couldnt get out. I had to exit the level and start over.[/QUOTE]

Yeah... I got stunk inside a pillar of an aquaduct and couldn't ever get out. I dropped into the animus to save it. I really wish they gave you the option to have multiple save slots for the same game. Its just too dangerous to run into a bug and only have one auto-save slot to rely on.
 
Does anyone know how to get this flag? Its the last one in rome that i need. Problem is there is a big ridge of mountains around the whole thing and no way to get up there. There is a broken bridge that i cant seem to jump across or grab using B. I really dont see how you can get up there. The red line marks where the mountain ridge is.

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Just finished up the SP and...

The last room where you find the apple completely made me think that I was entering the Mass Effect universe. The room design with the glowing green lights and the super sci-fi music were so reminiscent of ME that I was almost hoping that when I touched the apple I turned into Shepard. How much of a mind-F*ck would that have been!

Otherwise, pretty good ending. A bit clumsy on the cinematics and loading in-between small scenes. I also couldn't hear half of what angel lady said because of the loud moving platforms. And I am surprised that the pinnacle of the fight with Cesare is in straight combat. Thats still the weakest part of the game (though improved overall), especially when they just give the enemy 8 squares. I would have much preferred a stealthy mission to track down Cesare. The DaVinci missions were possibly the best designed... they should have done something like that. Still, one of the better franchises these days... really looking forward to the next installment.
 
I love the AC universe and the story....but good lord the gameplay is so stinking boring sometimes. I might not continue with this one. For those who stuck it through to the end of the SP.....is it worth it? How long did it take?
 
[quote name='chubbyninja1319']I love the AC universe and the story....but good lord the gameplay is so stinking boring sometimes. I might not continue with this one. For those who stuck it through to the end of the SP.....is it worth it? How long did it take?[/QUOTE]

Depends on if you do side stuff, or just focus on the storyline. It took me over 20 hours, but I did a lot of the side missions and such. You could probably burn through the storyline in around 10 hours or so.
 
[quote name='chubbyninja1319']I love the AC universe and the story....but good lord the gameplay is so stinking boring sometimes. I might not continue with this one. For those who stuck it through to the end of the SP.....is it worth it? How long did it take?[/QUOTE]
Why force yourself?
 
[quote name='The 7th Number']Does anyone know how to get this flag? Its the last one in rome that i need. Problem is there is a big ridge of mountains around the whole thing and no way to get up there. There is a broken bridge that i cant seem to jump across or grab using B. I really dont see how you can get up there. The red line marks where the mountain ridge is.[/QUOTE]

Get on horseback and jump the broken aquaduct segment to access that area.
 
[quote name='chubbyninja1319']I love the AC universe and the story....but good lord the gameplay is so stinking boring sometimes. I might not continue with this one. For those who stuck it through to the end of the SP.....is it worth it? How long did it take?[/QUOTE]

The minimum that I think you can get by with is probably getting 6 assassin's and some armor upgrades. You can skip all the DaVinci missions, Romulus, and Subject 16 puzzles... don't buy anything and just go mission to mission. I would think thats a pretty short 6-10hr. route. You may have to clear a couple Borgia towers on the way because missions go through them and if they aren't captured then the missions are really tough.

However, I highly recommend doing DaVinci and Romulus missions because they are the better parts of the game IMO. The story is worth it if you want to continue the series... they actually do address some stuff.
 
[quote name='The 7th Number']Does anyone know how to get this flag? Its the last one in rome that i need. Problem is there is a big ridge of mountains around the whole thing and no way to get up there. There is a broken bridge that i cant seem to jump across or grab using B. I really dont see how you can get up there. The red line marks where the mountain ridge is.

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Use a horse good sir.

It took me about 10 hours to do the storyline. Currently have about 20 hours sunk into the game. I'm still loving it.
 
Yeah thanks, i read online how you have to use a horse. I would have never thought it would be possible. The horses in this game run so damn slow. Maybe im just too used to red dead redemption horses.
 
Is it just me or are the throwing knives glitchy? Sometimes i can hold X and then release to throw a knife. Then sometimes i try to hold X and he throws one right away and it doesnt kill them instantly. Then there are the times where im highlighting a guy, and hold X and release, but he throws maybe 3 randomly in some other direction.
 
More free DLC coming in January.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6285415.html

Today, Ubisoft released the first batch of multiplatform downloadable content for Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, its well-regarded Renaissance-set action adventure featuring the continuing adventures of stealth killer Ezio. Titled Animus Project Update 1.0, the multiplayer-centric free DLC includes the Advanced Alliance mode, as well as the Mont Saint-Michel map--a rocky, tidal landscape with narrow streets, multilevel architecture, and a bell tower.

To accompany that release, Ubisoft announced Brotherhood's second free add-on, Animus Project Update 2.0. Available in January for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, the gratis goods will also focus exclusively on multiplayer, bringing with it a new game type and map.

The new game mode is called Chest Capture and sees players splitting up into two teams of three players each, with the goal of defending or capturing boxes of bounty. Update 2.0's map will be set in Pienza, a small town in Tuscany that promises ample areas for players to stalk and slaughter one another.

The add-on also includes the "Templar Score" feature, which Ubisoft described as a way to "reward diligent work by Abstergo recruits."
 
Bought it today on Amazon and already got the Harlequin DLC.
Cant wait to play.
Is there any other good DLC to get besides the free stuff.
 
Played a bit this morning, felt like it took forever to get a game going. Made it to level33. Poison is a lot harder to use than I thought but I'm sticking with it. The new map is huge, at least it felt like it, I was lost the whole time playing it.

Ran into a few players whose tactic was templar vision and charge/sprint at you once they see you. I laughed everytime I smokebomb+stunned them. I also get a kick outa people who use both cooldowns for a
 
[quote name='chubbyninja1319']I love the AC universe and the story....but good lord the gameplay is so stinking boring sometimes. I might not continue with this one. For those who stuck it through to the end of the SP.....is it worth it? How long did it take?[/QUOTE]

This scares me a lot. I hated AC one which is why I skipped 2 but I figured by now they should have their act together.

I like the story but the gameplay was god awful, you sound like they havent improved on that point yet.

Maybe I still give it a rent, the MP looks pretty fun.
 
[quote name='adriley313']
Is there any other good DLC to get besides the free stuff.[/QUOTE]

Not yet. The "story missions" DLC is exclusive to PS3 for now.
 
I played again and you guys are right.....if I stick to the main story, romulus tombs and probably the borgia towers, those are the fun parts of the fun parts of the game. . I won't be doing brothel quests or rebuilding Rome much, that's the type of stuff I'll avoid. But that's okay. Oh yeah, and I'll be sure to do the Subject 16 glyph's too. The story and overall universe are too good to walk away from.
 
[quote name='Soodmeg']This scares me a lot. I hated AC one which is why I skipped 2 but I figured by now they should have their act together.

I like the story but the gameplay was god awful, you sound like they havent improved on that point yet.

Maybe I still give it a rent, the MP looks pretty fun.[/QUOTE]

IMO, they got their shit together on the 2nd already. AC was just really repetitive. AC II was repetitive, but it wasn't as bad. This one has a lot of variety in missions. The fact that they finally added stealth into this game is awesome! It's not too overbearing, but it makes it a lot of fun. My only complaint is that there are too many missions where you have to tail someone. Not fun at all sometimes.
 
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